As a professor, I take offense There is nothing clearer than the way I speak to students. Stop attacking us

Stop villifying higher education and professors

As a professor, I take offense There is nothing clearer than the way I speak to students. Stop attacking us

“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.” Happy birthday Karl Marx

The only solution to the gerrymander wars is PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

Happy May Day! . . www.theguardian.com/business/202...

“The Labor Movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Happy May Day!

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Being smart will not make you a billionaire, being a multimillionaire can

Had a chance to speak with Dave O'Brien of the New Books Network about my book Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy. Check it out! megaphone.link/NBNK6856389258

Listen! @davidarditi.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the brilliant “Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy: From Taping to Napster to TikTok” newbooksnetwork.com/music-techno...

Had a chance to speak with Dave O'Brien of the New Books Network about my book Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy. Check it out! megaphone.link/NBNK6856389258

Delighted to see David Arditi, author of ‘Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy’, with his book. Get your copy ➡️ tinyurl.com/483sbxan @davidarditi.bsky.social @utaresearch.bsky.social #MusicTechnology #MusicIndustry #PiracyNarratives #DigitalMusic #Streaming #AnthemPress #authorphoto

After downloading unauthorized copies of books and articles, Antrhopic now wants you to comply with copyright law . . .

Someone drops something off at the front door Dogs: silent Person walks down road 2 blocks away Dogs: world war III It's occurred to me my Brittany doesn't guard the house, he waits at the window and "hunts." Things that happen when he isn't hunting don't matter

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Genius

From the beginning of the US conversion to SUVs I’ve been peeved at press parroting the line that car makers are just giving drivers what they want. No. Consumers are buying what they’ve been marketed. And now that cars in the US have upscaled in size and price, they buy what’s available.

My son has taken to watching "scripted" Minecraft videos. They are awful! And when you say something about it, he gets super offended

Available now! Examines how the recording industry uses the ‘piracy panic narrative’ to position itself as a victim of new technologies. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/483sbxan @utaresearch.bsky.social #MusicTechnology #MusicIndustry #PiracyNarratives #DigitalMusic #StreamingEconomy #AnthemPress

New blog post! ‘Artificial Intelligence and Music: From Resistance to Exploitation’ by David Arditi, author of ‘Music Technology Panic Narratives Beyond Piracy’. Read here ➡️ tinyurl.com/bdewwzxn @utaresearch.bsky.social #MusicIndustry #Piracy #DigitalMusic #StreamingEconomy #AnthemPress #blog

ASA member David Arditi @davidarditi.bsky.social examines the recording industry's use of the “piracy panic narrative” to position itself as a victim of new technologies while obscuring its exploitation of musicians and its prioritization of profits. @anthempress.bsky.social

Just noticed Word's new "Summarize" feature for emails We're really moving towards peak laziness!

Student AI use has so worn me down that I am thinking about changing the final paper to a final exam with a Blue Book I'm just so over it

Student AI use has so worn me down that I am thinking about changing the final paper to a final exam with a Blue Book I'm just so over it

Since there is so much angst about AI journal articles, let's just focus on writing (and reading) books

If you really think about it, Epic is doing the game industry a favor by firing 1,000 people. 🙄

🚨Publication Day 🚨 I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my 9th book, Music Technology Panic: Narratives Beyond Piracy, with Anthem Press. Reaching number nine is a huge milestone, and I’m excited to finally have this one out in the world. www.amazon.com/Music-Techno...

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In the conclusion of my latest book, I discuss AI music, made some predictions. Those predictions came true while the book was in production. This blog addresses what happened. blog.anthempress.com/2026/03/06/a...

My morning jog I saw this bobcat walking across a bridge without a care in the world about me

My morning jog I saw this bobcat walking across a bridge without a care in the world about me

In the conclusion of my latest book, I discuss AI music, made some predictions. Those predictions came true while the book was in production. This blog addresses what happened. blog.anthempress.com/2026/03/06/a...

🚨Publication Day 🚨 I’m thrilled to announce the publication of my 9th book, Music Technology Panic: Narratives Beyond Piracy, with Anthem Press. Reaching number nine is a huge milestone, and I’m excited to finally have this one out in the world. www.amazon.com/Music-Techno...

Attending an author event

There is a massive contradictory in GOP policy here: Abortion vs Birthright Citizenship www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Surveillance

Just heard a cicada, it is February, lord help us

What strikes me about phrases like this is it neglects to reflect the amount of climate change induced by said industry

Best tariffs take I've seen the past year

Idea for Hulu Live: let users select the order of channels

I forgot about NFTs until I saw a meme earlier So many texh trends just disappear without any acknowledgement about how wrong the prognosticators are!

I forgot about NFTs until I saw a meme earlier So many texh trends just disappear without any acknowledgement about how wrong the prognosticators are!

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